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Military service
Service number:
K/62170
Age:
24
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
Death:
May 23, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. E. 17.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Halhed; husband of Johanna Halhed, of Westminster. London.
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Halhed, Basil Maurice - Lance-Corporal. Born 10th March, 1920, at Chemainus, B.C. Educated at Chemainus Elementary School and Ladysmith High School. Entered the service of the Bank 30th March, 1937. Served at Ladysmith and Nanaimo, B.C. Enlisted 12th September, 1939, from the latter branch in The Canadian Scottish Regiment. Stationed at Prince Rupert, B.C., and Debert, N.S. Overseas in September, 1941. Promoted Corporal. Reverted to Private on transfer to The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in January, 1943. Later Lance-Corporal. Landed in Sicily in June, 1943, with the first Canadian contingent in that theatre of war, and saw continuous action in Sicilian and Italian campaigns. Killed in action 23rd May, 1944, in the battle of the Liri Valley. His Company Commander wrote: "Basil was a splendid soldier, and in his last battle was well past the objective when he fell." <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Corporal Basil Maurice Halhed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Basil Maurice Halhed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Basil Maurice Halhed
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Basil Maurice Halhed
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Commemorated on:
Page 325 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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